Tag: online scams

Singapore – The police have arrested a 20-year-old woman for allegedly transferring money from a taxi driver’s savings account to another account without his knowledge.
The taxi driver had handed over his handphone at the end of the trip for the woman to make a...

Singapore – A 28-year-old man has been arrested for scamming a buyer who placed one order of surgical face masks worth S$175,000.
The victim lodged a report with the police on Friday (Feb 14). Officers from the Ang Mo Kio Police Division were able to identify...

Singapore—The country’s police force issued an advisory regarding scammers on social media, warning everyone that people have been cheated out of at least S$107,000 from January through August this year.
On its website as well as its Facebook account, the Singapore Police Force wrote a...

Singapore—In the latest example of the names or images of Singaporean officials used in perpetrating online scams, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that he has filed a police report over his photo being used to spread fake news.
On August 3, Saturday, DPM...

Singapore—Police arrested a man for his alleged involvement in an elaborate e-commerce scam on the platform Carousell.
According to a statement from the Singapore Police Force, the yet unnamed 31-year-old man reportedly cheated several victims into booking discounted hotel rooms. The man posted the advertisements...

Singapore— The country’s Manpower Minister Josephine Teo has taken to social media to warn the public of a website that falsely attributes comments to her for the purpose of getting people to disclose their financial details.
On Wednesday (May 15) night, she wrote on her...

Singapore — Numerous victims have been robbed of over S$14,000 in total by scammers promising cash from fake prize campaigns linked to online shopping giant Lazada, police said in public alert on Tuesday, May 14.
There have been at least 14 cases of these scams...